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CDS English 2020 Question Paper

240 questions from the 2020 CDS exam, combining both papers of the year (CDS I and CDS II).

240questions
2papers (CDS I & II)
11chapters covered
Note: UPSC conducts CDS twice a year. This page combines both 2020 papers — CDS I and CDS II.

Questions from the 2020 exam first 10 of 240 — free

Q1MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Post colonialism is

(A)a contestation of the then existing dominant western practices
(B)a contestation of western practices in colonial states
(C)a contestation of the superstitious practices
(D)an approval of indigenous practices
Q2MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

What does '… she was always an object, never a subject' mean?

(A)Women were given respect and worshipped
(B)Women were not given any right equal to men
(C)Women were treated at par with men
(D)Women liked to be treated inferior to men
Q3MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Why was 'she never the observing eye'?

(A)She was beautiful, so she was observed by men
(B)She liked to be observed by men
(C)Women were assumed to be less intelligent than men
(D)Women were assumed to be more intelligent than men
Q4MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

The contestation to dominance of the male resulted in

(A)participation of women in social relations, politics, law, medicine, the arts, popular and academic knowledge
(B)participation of men in social relations, politics, law, medicine, the arts, popular and academic knowledge
(C)participation of women in social movements
(D)contestations with males in life leading to divorce
Q5MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Which word in the passage is opposite of 'contrast'?

(A)Contestations
(B)Trivial
(C)Discredited
(D)Analogy
Q6MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Why are the living types amazing?

(A)The extraordinary diversity of habitats makes it amazing
(B)The living organisms are acting as per their interests
(C)The human thinking makes the living types amazing
(D)The evolution of life makes it amazing
Q7MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Why does the author say, 'ecological conflict and cooperation'?

(A)Because living organisms are structured this way
(B)Because ecological mechanism works with conflict and cooperation
(C)Because humans want to fight and live together
(D)Because living organisms sometimes fight and sometimes live together
Q8MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Which of the following statements is true of the passage?

(A)Meaning of life could be reflected as to what living is as opposed to the non-living and what the purpose of life is
(B)Meaning of life could be reflected as to how living organisms live and non-living organisms exist
(C)Meaning of life could be reflected as to where the life begins and where it ends
(D)Meaning of life could be reflected on how various living organisms differ
Q9MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Distinctive characteristics exhibited by organisms indicate that

(A)they are living organisms
(B)they are non-living organisms
(C)they can be either living organisms or non-living organisms
(D)they know the purpose of life
Q10MCQCDS II 2020
AnswerLogic

Which word in the passage means 'unique'?

(A)common
(B)characteristics
(C)distinctive
(D)general

Topics covered in 2020

Sentence Improvement

10 questions in 2020

Ordering of Words in a Sentence

20 questions in 2020

Ordering of Sentences

20 questions in 2020

Fill in the Blanks

20 questions in 2020

Cloze Test

20 questions in 2020

Spotting Errors

20 questions in 2020

Comprehension Passage

20 questions in 2020

Synonyms and Antonyms

40 questions in 2020

Vocabulary Usage

40 questions in 2020

Idioms and Phrases

20 questions in 2020

Direct and Indirect Speech

10 questions in 2020

About the 2020 CDS English paper

UPSC conducted CDS twice in 2020 — CDS I and CDS II. This page brings both English papers together: 240 questions as asked in the actual exams. The 2020 questions drew from 11 topics.

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